"Whiskey 7" WWII plane returns home

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Geneseo, New York (WHEC) — A restored World War II plane made a grand entrance to the western New York skies as it returned home to Geneseo on Sunday.

Hundreds of people, many with American flags in hand, anxiously awaited the return of "Whiskey 7".

The plane took off last month for the historical "Return to Normandy" mission to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

"It's vitally important that people don't forget the sacrifices that those guys made 70 years ago," says pilot Chris Polhemus, "and I'll tell you, more than anywhere else in europe they remember that.>

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